FairVega
  • High Tech for High Art

    Spanish translator Mercedes Guhl and I will be talking about the software we use in our literary translation practices. Does technology kill the muse? Join us to find out! This talk is part of the Innovation in Translation Summit. It has been pre-recorded and will be available on demand for 24 hours starting at 🕘 ...

  • Ask the Literary Translators

    online via Zoom Seattle, WA

    I'll be speaking with Mia Spangenberg and Cynthia Steele at this online lunchtime panel aimed at authors and aspiring translators.

  • ALTA Roundtable: “What are national literatures?”

    I'll be taking part in this discussion, organized by Jennifer Shyue, Emma Ramadan, and Candice Whitney, exploring the issue of what we mean by "national literatures." My goal is to bring writing from Central Asia into the conversation.

  • ALTA44 Bilingual Reading

    online via Zoom Seattle, WA

    Get online to hear me read from my translation of Shahzoda Samarqandi's haunting novella, Mothersland.

  • ABCs of Book Translation: Getting Into Book Translation

    online via Zoom Seattle, WA

    This is Part 1 of a two-session interactive webinar on the basic notions, terms and guidelines used in the field of translating texts for publishing. This introduction to concepts and their context may guide you on your own search for breaking into literary translation and give you a better grasp of the kind of projects ...

  • ABCs of Book Translation: Legal and logistical issues in book translation

    online via Zoom Seattle, WA

    This is Part 2 of a two-session interactive webinar on the basic notions, terms and guidelines used in the field of translating texts for publishing. This introduction to concepts and their context may guide you on your own search for breaking into literary translation and give you a better grasp of the kind of projects ...

  • Amanat online book launch

    online via Zoom Seattle, WA

    Help us celebrate the launch of Amanat: Women's Writing from Kazakhstan! Featuring Zaure Batayeva and Shelley Fairweather-Vega, editors and translators Oral Arukenova, Lilya Kalaus, and Asel Omar, contributing authors Dr. Naomi Caffee, moderator

  • Crisis & Change: How Our Professions Have Been Affected by Pandemic and War

    Highline College Des Moines, WA, United States

    Join us at Highline College for an all-day event celebrating International Translation Day. This panel discussion moderated by Shelley Fairweather-Vega, with Howard Chou, Laura McGilvra, Elizabeth Adams, Caitilin Walsh, & Dominique Hoffman, begins at 1:00 PM.